Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/08/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Sgt E.G. Travis, AFEE TP |
| Aircraft | General Aircraft Hotspur Mk II BT546 |
| Took off from | Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire |
| Purpose of flight | Part of three-glider tow behind Halifax |
| Incident location | Allerton Park, Yorkshire |
| Incident details | Cockpit hood broke away. Pilot cast off but hit tree attempting forced landing |